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Auguste Renoir
(25th Feb, 1841 - 3rd Dec, 1919)
The Reading
1865
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
book
reading
little girl
ribbon
girl
complicity
impressionism
fraternity
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About the artwork
Title:
The Reading
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
20th century
XIXth century
XXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
550 x 650
Inventory number:
RF1961-70
Detail:
painting by Édouard Manet
Location:
musée du Louvre
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The Reading
is an oil painting by French painter Édouard Manet, circa 1865 - 1873.
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About the author(s)
Author:
Auguste Renoir
Also known as:
Pjer-Ogist Renoar
Pierre Auguste Renoir
August Renoir
Pierre August Renoir
Born:
25th Feb, 1841
Dead:
3rd Dec, 1919
Country:
France
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919), was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." He was the father of actor Pierre Renoir (1885–1952), filmmaker Jean…
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